forces, so dangerous that the u.s. has since pulled out. but in late october of '07, as night dropped into the mountains of eastern afghanistan, staff sergeant salvatore giunta and his platoon were ambushed by 10 to 20 insurgents. giunta was hit in his bulletproof vest. incoming fire came from everywhere. giunta moved forward into it to join up with fellow soldier, sergeant josh brennan. giunta spotted a wounded brennan being dragged off by two insurgents. giunta killed one of them, shot the other, and pulled brennan back. after repelling the enemy, the platoon returned to its outpost. >> looking at it as like a picture, i was just one brush stroke in that picture, and everyone else was one brush stroke in that picture. and what i did wasn't the first brush stroke of the picture and it wasn't the last brush stroke in the picture and it wasn't the best. it was just another brush stroke that helped, you know, complete this picture, or this moment in time. >> earlier this month the president called sergeant salvatore giunta to tell him that fo